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Evaluación de impactos ambientales de viviendas en madera: el caso de “La casa Uruguaya”
(Universidad del Bío-Bío, 2022)
Varias medidas se están llevando a cabo en Uruguay para reducir las emisiones de CO2 a la atmósfera, entre las que destaca la modificación de la matriz energética. En estos últimos años más del 90% de la energía eléctrica ...
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Utilization of an automatic tool for building material selection by integrating life cycle sustainability assessment in the early design stages in BIM
(MDPI, 2023)
Recent international scientific studies have described the current situation regarding CO2 emissions and have provided evidence of its catastrophic short- and medium-term consequences. The implementation of solutions of a ...
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Carbon footprint assessment of a wood multi-residential building considering biogenic carbon
(Elsevier, 2023)
Wood and other bio-based building materials are often perceived as a good choice from a climate mitigation perspective. This article compares the life cycle assessment of the same multi-residential building from the ...
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Environmental impact assessment of construction waste recycling versus disposal scenarios using an LCA-BIM tool during the design stage
(MDPI, 2022-11-07)
The scientific community has revealed the environmental benefits of recycling construction waste (CW) versus its disposal, and its contribution to circularity. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method enables the environmental ...
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Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines - IEA EBC ANNEX 72
(IOP Publishing, 2020)
The application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) technique to a building requires the collection and organization of a large amount of data over its life cycle. The systematic decomposition method can be used to classify ...
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How to conduct consistent environmental, economic, and social assessment during the building design process: a BIM-based Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment method
(Springer, 2022)
The built environment is significantly responsible for the current climate crisis, thus developing more sustainable projects is becoming an urgent objective. One widely recognized method that supports achieving this ...
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A sustainable approach for the refurbishment process of vernacular heritage: the Sesga house case study (Valencia, Spain)
(MDPI, 2021-08-31)
The refurbishment of traditional vernacular architecture is currently of interest for the conservation of heritage, historic landscape and cultural landscape, as well as for its potential benefits in the field of environmental ...
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Development and validation of a building design waste reduction model
(Elsevier, 2016)
Reduction in construction waste is a pressing need in many countries. The design of building elements is considered a pivotal process to achieve waste reduction at source, which enables an informed prediction of their ...
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Comparison of the greenhouse gas emissions of a high-rise residential building assessed with different national LCA approaches – IEA EBC Annex 72
(IOP Publishing, 2020)
Introduction: The international research project IEA EBC Annex 72 investigates the life cycle related environmental impacts caused by buildings. The project aims inter alia to harmonise LCA approaches on buildings. ...
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Using systematic building decomposition for implementing LCA: the results of a comparative analysis as part of IEA EBC Annex 72
(Elsevier, 2023-01-15)
The building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) applied to buildings requires collecting and organizing large quantities of data over all building life cycles. To overcome specific difficulties related to the system boundaries ...